Sports Wars: Athletes in the Age of Aquarius (c)The Vietnam era's tensions--between tradition and new possibilities, black and white, young and old, male and female--were played out on the field of professional and organized sports. SportsWars shows that the century-old position of sports as the standard-bearer for American values, and as a central way of building character, made it a prime target in this time of general disenchantment. Critics began to challenge not only individual abuses but sport's very ideals, and for the first time these critics included athletes themselves. Zang locates a variety of larger cultural debates within professional sports and organized sports more generally: changing valuations of hard work and the physical, winning versus character, and challenges to authority. He also considers the relationships between sports and other domains of popular culture, including the counterculture, rock and roll, and Hollywood. |
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Page xi
... victory over rival Michigan . The Buckeyes's legendary and reac- tionary coach , Woody Hayes , had put in an early appearance , proclaim- ing this to be “ the biggest party we've ever had . " 1 Later , a riot - equipped police force ...
... victory over rival Michigan . The Buckeyes's legendary and reac- tionary coach , Woody Hayes , had put in an early appearance , proclaim- ing this to be “ the biggest party we've ever had . " 1 Later , a riot - equipped police force ...
Page xii
... victory with honor , and man- liness ( for , above all , organized sports were self - consciously male before this time ) . This book is about that tension and the issues that arose around those tenets . * Herein , where observations ...
... victory with honor , and man- liness ( for , above all , organized sports were self - consciously male before this time ) . This book is about that tension and the issues that arose around those tenets . * Herein , where observations ...
Page xiv
... victory had served in the past as regenerative experiences for America , the Vietnam War was a jolt- ing affront to tradition . In 1988 , speaking of Vietnam at a Veterans Day ceremony , President Ronald Reagan drew the day's loudest ...
... victory had served in the past as regenerative experiences for America , the Vietnam War was a jolt- ing affront to tradition . In 1988 , speaking of Vietnam at a Veterans Day ceremony , President Ronald Reagan drew the day's loudest ...
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... victory podium grew out of the ferment Edwards recapped in his 1969 book , The Revolt of the Black Athlete . Curt Flood , an All - Star outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals , walked away from baseball that same year when the Cards ...
... victory podium grew out of the ferment Edwards recapped in his 1969 book , The Revolt of the Black Athlete . Curt Flood , an All - Star outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals , walked away from baseball that same year when the Cards ...
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... victory until late in the ' 60s . In both '67 and '68 , however , Japanese teams beat the American champions in the final game . In five of the next six years — through 1974 - teams from Taiwan extended the Asian domination over the ...
... victory until late in the ' 60s . In both '67 and '68 , however , Japanese teams beat the American champions in the final game . In five of the next six years — through 1974 - teams from Taiwan extended the Asian domination over the ...
Contents
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Toil and Trouble A Parable of Hard Work and Fun | 27 |
Ivy League Jeremiad The Struggle between Winning and Character | 51 |
When Falls the Coliseum New Perceptions of the Physical | 72 |
The Greatest Muhammad Ali s Confounding Character | 96 |
Terrapin Soup Challenging Authority | 119 |
The Bad News Bears Hollywood Presents the End of the Era | 140 |
Epilogue | 156 |
Notes | 159 |
Index | 181 |
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